EXHIBIT 24.2

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned director of
LIN TV Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), which has filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the provisions
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Reg. No. 333-107754), hereby constitute and appoint Gary R. Chapman and William
A. Cunningham, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power to them and each of them singly, to act for me and in my
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed
electronically, Amendment No.1 to said Registration Statement and any and all
other amendments to said Registration Statement and to file said Amendment No.1
and other amendments so signed with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, hereby granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of the
22nd day of September, 2003.

                                                       /s/  Royal W. Carson, III
                                                       Royal W. Carson, III